NASA Airborne Expedition Chases Climate, Ozone Questions

NASA’s Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4) field campaign will begin this summer in San Jose, Costa Rica, with an investigation into how chemical compounds in the air are transported vertically into the stratosphere and how that transport affects cloud formation and climate.The study will begin the week of July 16 with coordinated observations from satellites, high-flying NASA research aircraft, balloons and ground-based radar. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture on July 10th, 2007